Andrew Weissman, on MSNBC Cable News Last Night – on the Lawrence O’Donnel 10:00 pm Show.

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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) was critized last night on cable news by Andrew Weissman, 66, for her “knee jerk” reaction to the guilty charges against Donald J. Trump  in the so-called hush money case.  Some call it the election interferrence case about which the former president is an expert. The notoriously sensitive Senator called the first ever conviction of a former US President, “politically motivated.”

Earlier this year, the conflicted Senator said she would not vote to re-elect Trump this November. In the past, she excused Trump’s behavior saying that he had learned his lesson.  “I guess he’s a really, really slow learner,” charged this blogger.  Now the  Senator claims he got a bad deal.

Weissman called out the Maine Senator on cable news saying that if she had enjoyed the court access and the evidence as  he had, she would not have decried the outcome of the jury so easiy.  Weissman is a former top prosecutor in the US Justice Departmet, a law school professor and a legal analyst for MSNBC cable news.  He is also co-author with law professor Melissa Murray of “The Trump Indictments” a natioal bestseller in paperback.

A recent request for her comment on the conviction of the leader of her Republican party was ignored by Senator Collins press person Annie Clark.

In contrast to Collins,  Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) issued the following statement on Thursday following Trump/s conviction by jury:

“Today marks a solemn and unprecedented moment in American history.  A former President – and the leading Republican nominee for President – has been fairly tried by a jury of his peers and convicted on 34 felony counts.  The process and the trials to come has reaffirmed that no one is above the law.  I am grateful for the fortitude and courage of the jurors who spent many long days of fulfilling their civic duty.  While our country is facing many challenges, now is a moment to have some faith in our democracy and this important exercise of the rule of law.”

The fallout continues as Republicans rally around the convicted former president.